(a) Permit required.
(1) General. All events with one person or greater that require the use of a park outdoor facility, such as a park pavilion, shall file a facility reservation application with the park and recreation department; provided however the following locations shall be administered by other city departments or contractors, they are as follows. General Worth Square shall be administered by the public events department and Burnett Park shall be administered by Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. Park reservation applications are not required to be submitted to the public events department and all processing of the application will be administered by the park and recreation department.
(2) Trinity Park.
a. Events with an expected attendance of 500 or more persons shall be required to comply with the provisions of this article, including placement of the event on the events calendar and attendance at the pre-event meeting. The pre-event committee review shall be limited to the impact of the event outside the park system. The park and recreation department shall coordinate all permitting with the outdoor events manager, and the applicant. Issuance of the permit shall be by the park and recreation department.
b. Events with an expected attendance of less than 500 persons that are contained within Trinity Park and associated park system, including Trinity Trails, and do not require a closure of a street exterior to the park shall also be administered and permit issued by the park and recreation department.
(3) Public parks other than Trinity Park.
a. Events with an expected attendance of 1,000 or more persons shall be required to comply with the provisions of this article, including placement of the event on the events calendar and attendance at the pre-event meeting. The pre-event committee review shall be limited to the impact of the event outside the park system. The park and recreation department shall coordinate all permitting of the event with the outdoor events manager, and the applicant. Issuance of the permit shall be by the park and recreation department.
b. Events with an expected attendance of less than 1,000 persons that are contained within the park system, including Trinity Trails, and do not require closure of a street shall also be administered and permit issued by the park and recreation department.
(b) Any event requiring a street closure external to the park or park system shall be administered and permitted by the outdoor events manager in coordination with the park and recreation department.
(c) This article shall not apply to Mayfest or concerts in the garden.
(d) The park and recreation department shall maintain written procedures for obtaining a park facility reservation permit, and said procedures shall be placed in the department’s policies and procedures manual, a copy thereof to be provided to the outdoor events manager, and able to be provided to the public upon request.
(e) All gated events located in a city park shall be regulated by the department of park and recreation in consultation with the chief of police and the fire chief. No gated event in a public park shall be approved until the applicant certifies that admission will not be denied based on race, color, creed, religion, gender, parental status, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation or gender identity.
(f) After a facility reservation application has been processed by the park and recreation department, the department shall forward the processed application and permit, if any, to the outdoor events manager for informational and calendaring purposes and the outdoor events manager shall maintain the file on such event.
(g) Other than events requiring a street closure external to the park or park system, the decision of whether to grant or deny a park permit shall be made by the director of park and recreation department, which shall be final. The denial or revocation of a permit for events requiring a street closure external to the park or park system may be appealed pursuant to § 20-437.
(Ord. 19255-08-2010, § 1, passed 8-3-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 20292-07-2012, § 8, passed 7-17-2012)